As quoted in the Daily Mail (amongst others), he declared: “When you lose, sometimes it is more difficult but we gave a very good answer – a very good response – and won three games against two great teams.

“We want to think game by game but of course, it means a lot for us to arrive in March and to be so close to winning the title. We will do our best to keep winning games.

“(Against Chelsea), we knew we had to be patient because when you play against a team as defensive and as strong on the counter-attack as Chelsea, you have to be patient.

“You have to control their main players and that's what we did. We always try to control the game, play offensive football, create chances and score goals. Fortunately, we got three more points and we're closer to the title.